Jeanne DuPrau
Early Life
DuPrau received a BA in English Literature from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She has been a high school English teacher, an editor for educational publishing companies, a technical writer for Apple Inc. and a freelance writer. On her website and several other online biographies, DuPrau is described as a gardening enthusiast and dog lover. She is also an ice skater, a bird watcher, a meditator, a house builder, a gardener, a piano player, and gourmet vegetarian cook. DuPrau has no children. She has two nephews and a niece.
On her website, Jeanne DuPrau writes:
I didn't really set out to "be a writer." I just wrote. Reading and writing have always been my favorite things, though for a while I wanted to be a writer and an illustrator. I still have my very first book, which I wrote when I was about five years old. It's called Frosty the Snowman, has five pages, and is illustrated with red and green crayon. - Taken from wikipedia.com
On her website, Jeanne DuPrau writes:
I didn't really set out to "be a writer." I just wrote. Reading and writing have always been my favorite things, though for a while I wanted to be a writer and an illustrator. I still have my very first book, which I wrote when I was about five years old. It's called Frosty the Snowman, has five pages, and is illustrated with red and green crayon. - Taken from wikipedia.com
Books
Jeanne DuPrau has written 5 book in total. 1 series and 1 single book. Her series consistds of 4 books. There pictures are shown above in the slide show. The first book is The City of Ember, second book is The People of Sparks, The third book is The Prophet of Yonwood, the final book is The Diampond of DarkHold. Another novel Jeanne wrote was called Car trouble which is not part of the City of Ember series